Changes
as of the November 2000 ElectionsState
Legislature: All 120 House seats and 20 of 40 Senate seats were
up; only minor changes resulted. House 43D, 77R Senate
15D, 25R.U.S.
House: 15R, 8D - No change in the partisan balance of
the delegation. Ten of the 20 incumbents seeking re-election did
not face a major party challenger. Three new members were elected
to fill seats opened up by retirements: 4.
A.Crenshaw (R); 8. R.Keller (R);
and 12. A.Putnam (R).U.S.
Senate: Democrats picked up Connie Mack's seat as Bill
Nelson (D) was elected.

All
told about 6.1 million people cast ballots in Florida. According
to the Florida Task Force report there were 179,855 blank or spoiled ballots;
this includes uncertified results from 3 counties. The Miami Herald,
in its post-election analysis, examined 176,087 uncounted ballots: 111,261
overvotes and 64,826 undervotes, while. USA Today examined
171,908 untabulated ballots: 111,261 overvotes and 60,647 undervotes.
The Florida Ballots Project suggests a total of around 172,000. However,
all these numbers depend on what is counted. For example in some
of the larger counties there were "trays and trays" of absentee ballots
where, for example, the signatures didn't match, that didn't get counted.

Turnout
as a percentage of voting age population was 50.65%. (U.S. avg: 53.76%).

OverviewIt took a 36-day post-election
odyssey to finalize the outcome, but Gov. Bush officially won Florida by
537 votes. The election was decided as much in the courts as at the
polls (Battle for Florida),
and there will always be doubts in some people's minds about who won.
Bush carried 51 counties and the federal absentee ballots, while Vice President
Gore won in 16 counties. The Democrats' base in Florida is in the
southeast (Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade), while Republicans fared well
in rural counties. Thus in many ways the race came down to the I-4 corridor,
which runs across central Florida from Tampa Bay through Orlando to Daytona
Beach. General
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